Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Co. Letter
This letter dated 1917 was salvaged from the walls of the home William Both built on the corner of Hwy #41 and Glastonbury Road in Northbrook (now the REMAX office). Oftentimes board siding was covered on the inside walls with newspaper, catalogues or anything to fill the cracks and act as insulation.
This letter has a connection to Northbrook as this was probably the company that supplied the early telephone equipment to the area.
Stromberg-Carlson was a telecommunications equipment and electronics manufacturing company in the US formed in 1894 as a partnership by Alfred Stromberg and Androv Carlson. It was one of five companies that controlled the national supply of telephone equipment until after WWII. In 1894, Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone expired. Stromberg and Carlson, Chicago employees of the American Bell Telephone Company (later AT&T), each invested $500 to establish a firm to manufacture equipment, primarily subscriber sets, for sale to independent telephone companies.
In the case of Northbrook, James Vogen Telephone was the first telephone company who likely purchased equipment from Stromberg-Carlson. Ellery Thompson purchased the company from James (Jimmy) Vogen and created Kaladar & Northern Telephone System.
Part of the Ellery Thompson Collection
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Stromberg-Carlson Telephone Manufacturing Co. Letter
This letter dated 1917 was salvaged from the walls of the home William Both built on the corner of Hwy #41 and Glastonbury Road in Northbrook (now the REMAX office). Oftentimes board siding was covered on the inside walls with newspaper, catalogues or anything to fill the cracks and act as insulation.
This letter has a connection to Northbrook as this was probably the company that supplied the early telephone equipment to the area.
Stromberg-Carlson was a telecommunications equipment and electronics manufacturing company in the US formed in 1894 as a partnership by Alfred Stromberg and Androv Carlson. It was one of five companies that controlled the national supply of telephone equipment until after WWII. In 1894, Alexander Graham Bell's patent for the telephone expired. Stromberg and Carlson, Chicago employees of the American Bell Telephone Company (later AT&T), each invested $500 to establish a firm to manufacture equipment, primarily subscriber sets, for sale to independent telephone companies.
In the case of Northbrook, James Vogen Telephone was the first telephone company who likely purchased equipment from Stromberg-Carlson. Ellery Thompson purchased the company from James (Jimmy) Vogen and created Kaladar & Northern Telephone System.
Part of the Ellery Thompson Collection
Note: All CDHS Flickr content is available for the public use (non-commercial) providing our Rights Statement is followed: